Dr Caroline Green
Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford
Biography
Caroline is a human rights researcher who began her career in international development, working on a prison reform project in Bangladesh and then became progressively interested in the rights of older people and social care. From 2016-2019, Caroline undertook a PhD in Gerontology investigating perspectives on the potential role for human rights in care homes for older people in England.
Dr Caroline Green is an Early Career Research Fellow at the Institute for Ethics in AI and Research Fellow at Reuben College, University of Oxford.
Caroline co-ordinates the Human Rights and Social Care Forum.
Caroline Green developed three human rights tools with the British Institute of Human Rights, explaining them in a blog post, December 2020. Available online, the tools are: Personality test | Who am I? | Human Rights Story Dice.
Publications and blogs include
Emmer De Albuquerque Green, C., Tinker, A., and Manthorpe, J. (2018) Respecting care home residents’ right to privacy: what is the evidence of good practice? Working with Older People. 22(4), 198-210.
Emmer De Albuquerque Green, C. (2017) Exploring care home providers’ public commitments to human rights in light of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The Journal of Adult Protection. 19(6), 357-367.
Emmer De Albuquerque Green, C. (2018) Suzanne Cahill, Dementia and Human Rights, Policy Press, Bristol UK, 2018 238 pp., pbk £24.29, ISBN 13: 978-1-4473-3140-7. Ageing and Society. 38(11), 2397-2399.
Making Human Rights happen in care homes for older people (December 2018) – Alliance Scotland.
The Government Must Do More to Protect Human Rights in Care homes (January 2018) – rightsinfo.
CQC emphasises the importance of human rights for high quality care services (March 2018) – Health & Social Care Workforce Blog.
Human rights and the caring society (August 2019) – Grant Thornton.
Research
The right to a care supporter from the perspective of social and primary care
Exploring the potential for a new 'right to a care supporter'
Project status: Ongoing
Mapping And Community Engagement (MACE)
Focusing on day services in south London.
Project status: Completed
Setting And Responding to Priorities (SARP)
We are co-producing research and development priorities for south London social care communities.
Project status: Ongoing
Helping day centres to 'unlock lockdown'
This July 2020 project aimed to support manager or voluntary co-ordinators and staff generally in care homes into the ‘new normal’ after the lockdown.
Project status: Completed
Facilitators and barriers in the digitalisation of care homes – Perspectives from managers of small care homes
Using digital technology in the everyday tasks of care homes
Project status: Completed
News
Supporting unpaid carers in the NHS and social care
Half-day conference examined the right to a care supporter
Making your voice heard in health and social care – a Tea Dance in South London
Caroline Green and Jo Brown were back at Stanstead Lodge Senior Club
At the Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology 2023
King's researchers were a strong presence at this year's conference at UEA
Developing a care partner policy: case studies from the NHS and social care
The second seminar in a three-part series about care support in health and social care
The right to a care supporter: how, why, when?
The first seminar in a three-part series about care support in health and social care
Gloria's Law: meeting with MPs and campaign groups at Portcullis House
A bill was introduced in the House of Commons today to make visiting care settings a legal right.
A tea dance, 'people bingo' and human rights
Caroline Green and Jo Brown were at Stanstead Lodge Senior Club
New website on human rights in social care
The site supports the Human Rights and Social Care Forum
Small care home providers and digitalisation – new report
Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green and Palvi Dodhia
At the Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology
Unit researchers were a strong presence at this year's online conference
Events
Supporting unpaid carers in the NHS and social care
A half-day conference at King's College London & online
Please note: this event has passed.
Developing a care partner policy: case studies from the NHS and social care
The second in a three-part series about care support for older adults in health and social care settings
Please note: this event has passed.
Care support in health and social care: the past, the present & the future
A seminar exploring visiting policies in health and social care
Please note: this event has passed.
Human Rights of Older People Networking Conference
Towards a UN Convention on the Rights of Older People
Please note: this event has passed.
Human rights and care at home: Strengths and risks
Sophie Chester-Glyn, Fiona Walker, Lucy Series, Neil Crowther
Please note: this event has passed.
Translating human rights law into effective policies in health and social care
Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon), Nicola Evans, Caroline Green
Please note: this event has passed.
Equality, Dignity and Care Homes – The Way Forward
Inaugural meeting of the Human Rights and Social Care Forum
Please note: this event has passed.
Mental Health & Social Care 2021
The 8th annual CPD-certified conference from Making Research Count and the Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King's College London
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
The right to a care supporter from the perspective of social and primary care
Exploring the potential for a new 'right to a care supporter'
Project status: Ongoing
Mapping And Community Engagement (MACE)
Focusing on day services in south London.
Project status: Completed
Setting And Responding to Priorities (SARP)
We are co-producing research and development priorities for south London social care communities.
Project status: Ongoing
Helping day centres to 'unlock lockdown'
This July 2020 project aimed to support manager or voluntary co-ordinators and staff generally in care homes into the ‘new normal’ after the lockdown.
Project status: Completed
Facilitators and barriers in the digitalisation of care homes – Perspectives from managers of small care homes
Using digital technology in the everyday tasks of care homes
Project status: Completed
News
Supporting unpaid carers in the NHS and social care
Half-day conference examined the right to a care supporter
Making your voice heard in health and social care – a Tea Dance in South London
Caroline Green and Jo Brown were back at Stanstead Lodge Senior Club
At the Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology 2023
King's researchers were a strong presence at this year's conference at UEA
Developing a care partner policy: case studies from the NHS and social care
The second seminar in a three-part series about care support in health and social care
The right to a care supporter: how, why, when?
The first seminar in a three-part series about care support in health and social care
Gloria's Law: meeting with MPs and campaign groups at Portcullis House
A bill was introduced in the House of Commons today to make visiting care settings a legal right.
A tea dance, 'people bingo' and human rights
Caroline Green and Jo Brown were at Stanstead Lodge Senior Club
New website on human rights in social care
The site supports the Human Rights and Social Care Forum
Small care home providers and digitalisation – new report
Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green and Palvi Dodhia
At the Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology
Unit researchers were a strong presence at this year's online conference
Events
Supporting unpaid carers in the NHS and social care
A half-day conference at King's College London & online
Please note: this event has passed.
Developing a care partner policy: case studies from the NHS and social care
The second in a three-part series about care support for older adults in health and social care settings
Please note: this event has passed.
Care support in health and social care: the past, the present & the future
A seminar exploring visiting policies in health and social care
Please note: this event has passed.
Human Rights of Older People Networking Conference
Towards a UN Convention on the Rights of Older People
Please note: this event has passed.
Human rights and care at home: Strengths and risks
Sophie Chester-Glyn, Fiona Walker, Lucy Series, Neil Crowther
Please note: this event has passed.
Translating human rights law into effective policies in health and social care
Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon), Nicola Evans, Caroline Green
Please note: this event has passed.
Equality, Dignity and Care Homes – The Way Forward
Inaugural meeting of the Human Rights and Social Care Forum
Please note: this event has passed.
Mental Health & Social Care 2021
The 8th annual CPD-certified conference from Making Research Count and the Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King's College London
Please note: this event has passed.